Stock Analysts

Genworth Mulls Restructuring (GNW) (MET) (PRU)

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Genworth Financial, Inc. ( GNW ) announced that it is considering restr ucturing the life insurance po licies currently reinsured to River Lake Insurance Company III (“RLIII”). RLIII is a special purpose financial captive subsidiary of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company […]

Stock Analysts

Lexington Gets New Save-A-Lot Store (SVU)

Today, Save-A-Lot Food Stores, the hard-discount grocery retail subsidiary of SUPERVALU Inc. ( SVU ), will be inaugurating its 33,000 square-foot food store in Lexington, North Carolina. The Earth City-based grocery chain, Save-A-Lot, began construction of the center in January 2011 […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Huf to Take Over BorgWarner BERU Electronics

Huf to Take Over BorgWarner BERU Electronics PR Newswire VELBERT, Germany, November 30, 2011 VELBERT, Germany , November 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG (Velbert, Germany ) and BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH (Ludwigsburg, Germany ) agreed that Huf Electronics (Düsseldorf, Germany ) will take over the tire pressure monitoring system business and therefore acquire all shares in the subsidiary BERU Electronics GmbH. The automotive supplier located in Bretten, Germany employs about 230 people. […]

Stock Analysts

Good News from China, Jobs (AMT) (BAC) (C)

Monetary policy easing by China's central bank and the very strong ADP jobs report are expected to shift the market's attention from developments in Europe. But as we have all come to appreciate from the market's behavior lately, Europe related headlines remain the biggest draw for the market. In a major monetary policy change, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced today a 50 basis-point cut in bank reserve requirements, the first since December 2008. […]

Economic Data

Ahead of Wall Street – November 30, 2011 – Ahead of Wall Street (AMT) (BAC) (C)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Monetary policy easing by China's central bank and the very strong ADP jobs report are expected to shift the market's attention from developments in Europe. But as we have all come to appreciate from the market's behavior lately, Europe related headlines remain the biggest draw for the market. In a major monetary policy change, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced today a 50 basis-point cut in bank reserve requirements, the first since December 2008 […]

Stock Analysts

Newont Halts Peru Project (MT) (NEM) (PKX)

Gold Miner Newmont Mining Corp. ( NEM ) has entered into an agreement with the government of Peru to suspend construction activities at the Conga project in Peru for the safety of employees and community members. Conga is Newmont’s $4.8 billion gold project […]

Technicals

Zacks #5 Rank Additions for Wednesday – Tale of the Tape (AGO) (BBVA) (CHU) (FSR) (NILE)

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: Assured Guaranty ( AGO ) Banco Bilbao ( BBVA ) Blue Nile ( NILE ) China Unicom ( CHU ) Flagstone Reinsurance ( FSR ) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List . ASSURED GUARNTY (AGO): Free Stock Analysis Report BANCO BILBAO VZ (BBVA): Free Stock Analysis Report CHINA UNICOM (CHU): Free Stock Analysis Report FLAGSTONE REINS (FSR): Free Stock Analysis Report BLUE NILE INC (NILE): Free Stock Analysis Report Get all Zacks Research Reports and be alerted to fast-breaking buy and sell opportunities every trading day. […]

Technicals

Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday – Tale of the Tape (AOL) (AV) (EDGW) (FMAO) (ROCK)

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: AOL Inc ( AOL ) Aviva Plc ( AV ) Edgewater Tech ( EDGW ) Farmers & Merchants Bancorp ( FMAO ) Gibraltar Industries ( ROCK ) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List . AOL INC (AOL): Free Stock Analysis Report AVIVA PLC-ADR (AV): Free Stock Analysis Report GIBRALTAR INDUS (ROCK): Free Stock Analysis Report Get all Zacks Research Reports and be alerted to fast-breaking buy and sell opportunities every trading day. […]